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Coupeville selects new mayor pro tem

Councilwoman Diane Binder will be the mayor pro tem for the first six months of 2016.

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Art & About

Here's what's happening in the Whidbey arts scene.

Teo Keilwitz

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Group hammers away at projects

If you’re a homeowner in Central Whidbey and have trouble maintaining your home due to limited resources, there’s…

Marshall Goldberg

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Island County commissioners refuse settlement in Wonn Road beach access lawsuit

A judge will determine whether a Greenbank couple had the right to build a stone wall across a…

Two cars crashed in Oak Harbor this morning.

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Driver injured in two-car crash in Oak Harbor

Emergency personnel responded to a two-car crash Tuesday morning just before 8 a.m. at the corner of SE…

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Frustration, disappointment, absence of urgency seen in Legislature’s teacher-compensation bills

OLYMPIA—Testifiers praised bipartisan work, but “disappointment” and “frustration” frequented their statements at the first hearings for Senate and…

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Coupeville’s defense rattles Redhawks | Girls basketball

Behind a stifling defense, the Coupeville High School girls basketball team smothered visiting Chimacum 29-14 Friday, Jan. 22.

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Redhawks keep lead but stopping Wolves | Boys basketball

The Coupeville High School boys basketball team missed an opportunity to move into a tie for first place…

Mia Littlejohn hits a floater for Coupeville in Friday's win.

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Tough ‘D’ leads to ‘W’ for Wolves | Girls basketball

Behind a stifling defense, the Coupeville High School girls basketball team smothered visiting Chimacum 29-14 Friday, Jan. 22.

New City Council member Erica Wasinger is sworn in at Tuesday’s meeting.

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Wasinger to fill Severns’ seat on Oak Harbor city council

Erica Wasinger was sworn in Tuesday night as the newest member of the Oak Harbor City Council.

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Looking Back

Here's what was happening in the news 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.

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Bills aim to help place homeless teenagers

Ryan’s House for Youth this week presented two bills to state lawmakers that could potentially make it easier…

Broker Marchele Hatchner and Ryan’s House for Youth Executive Director Lori Cavender stand in the courtyard of the former Countryside Inn. Ryan’s House is hoping to purchase the motel in order to convert it to a temporary living facility and drop-in center for homeless youth.

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Inn for homeless youths: Nonprofit hopes to buy foreclosed motel on outskirts of town

Homeless youth on Whidbey may soon have access to the island’s first temporary housing specifically designed to meet…